Cigarette holder



March 30, 1954 E; T. BELMONT CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Nov. 23, 1951Patented Mar. 30, 1954 UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE CIGARETTE HOLDERElliott 1*. Belmont, Roslindale, Mass. Application November 23, 1951,Serial N 0. 257,7 69

2 Claims. 1

My present invention relates to holders for smoking material, such astobacco in the form of cigars or cigarettes, and more particularly to animproved cigarette holder.

It is well known that cigarettes when once lit almost invariablycontinue to burn even though the smoker fails to continuously smoke thesame.

Unless the smoker is one of the so-called chain smokers, he cannot for amoment put the cigarette down on an ash tray, or on a table, as many ofthem do, without discovering, when he wishes to again smoke, that thecigarette is nearly, if not all consumed.

Various devices have been made in the attempt to remedy this condition,and none of them, as far as I am aware, have served in the least degree,to remedy this situation.

In this, my present invention, I have constructed a holder that will notonly act as a satisfactory holder, but will act to practically eliminatethe constant burning of the cigarette if the same is purposely orinadvertently laid down on an ash tray, table, or other support.

In carrying out my invention, and as applied to a cigarette holder, Iattach to the cigarette holder, a channel member of heat absorbingmaterial, such as copper, steel, or other similar material and in and onwhich rests the cigarette. I also, in the base of said channel member,use devices which hold the cigarette firmly in position in and on thechannel member. In practice, I also preferably pivotally attach one endof the channel member to the cigarette holder, and with means forremovably holding the channel member in operative relation with theholder.

The principal object of the invention therefore, is an improvedcigarette holder.

Another object of my invention is an improved cigarette holder having,as an essential element, a heat absorbing elongated channel memberextending longitudinally outwardly therefrom.

A further object of my invention is an improved cigarette holdercomprising a mouthpiece having pivotally attached thereto aheat'absorbing channel shaped member.

A still further object of my invention is an improved cigarette holdercomprising a mouthpiece and a heat absorbing channel member, and meanscarried by said channel engaging with a cigarette and holding the samein operative relation with the mouthpiece.

Other objects will appear as the description of the inventionprogresses.

connection between the mouthpiece and the channel member;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, looking toward the right hand end of Fig. 2,and v Fig. 4 is a partial central longitudinal vertical section, on anenlarged scale, of the cigarette holder end of the mouthpiece.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4; but enlarged, the, dash linesshowing the channel member in ejecting position. j Referring to thedrawing, I0 designates an ordinary cigarette holder, having at the endremote from the mouth bit It a cylindrical opening l2 in which seats oneend of the usual cigarette l3, designated by the dot-and-dash lines.

Referring to Fig. 4, I 5 designates a cut-away portion slightly widerthan and in which seats one end of a channel or extinguisher member it,of heat absorbing material which serves to extinguish the cigarette whenthe latter is put down. Within the channel member I6 and secured to thebottom of the channel member in any suitable manner, are the spacedpointed members ll, there being two such members, though any desirednumber of members I! may be employed.

The channel member i6 is pivotally mounted at one end directly above thecut-away portion l5 on a pivot shaft i8, and, at this end of the channelmember i6, is housed a coil spring l9, which urges a pin 26 outwardly ofthe channel member l6, and into a saucer-shaped depression formed in thematerial of the mouthpiece ID. This spring is normally under compressionbetween an end of a housing 14 formed in said channel member and acollar portion of said pin 20. The channel member I6 is thus hingedlyattached to the mouthpiece, and may be readily swung from the positionshown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 5 to the short dash line position, orvice versa. Upon movement of said channel member it from said full lineposition to the dash line position aforesaid, that part of the channelmember within the holder 5!] and which extends from said pivot shaft l8,forcibly contacts the cigarette above and ejects it from the channelmember is as said movement is completed.

With the parts of the device as shown in Fig. 2, the cigarette i3 ispositioned on the upper edges of the side walls of the channel memberand on the spaced pointed members H with the channel member IS in thefull line position shown in such Fig. 2. If now the cigarette is lit,and smoked down to the point indicated by the numeral 2|, it will benoted that the live portion slopes backwardly toward the mouthpiece 10,indicating that combustion is slower at that point and only partial andsoon ceases. This action is caused by the conduction of heat away fromthe burning end of the cigarette by the heat conducting material of thechannel member. This action is accentuated the more firmly the cigaretteis placed in contact with the upper edges of the side walls of thechannel member.

Further, the channel member acts as an ash tray, and will hold the ashesof the cigarette during the entire smoking operation, or the ashes maybe flicked from the channel member at any desired time.

While I have shown the channel member as what may be termed a. threesided member, I do not limit myself to this exact construction, asobviously I may use a channel member that is oval or circular in crosssection. It may be made of various materials as, for instance, sheetmetal, stainless steel or aluminum.

What I claim as new is:

1. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece having a socket forreceiving a cigarette, and an extinguishing member adapted to receiveashes from said cigarette of non-combustible material attached to saidmouthpiece extending outwardly therefrom and being U-shaped in crosssection, the sides of said extinguishing member being separated fromeach other by a distance less than that of the diameter of a cigaretteand having one end attached at the interior of the socket and alinedtherewith so that a cigarette having one end in the socket will contactthe upper edges of both of said sides to support said cigarette thereon.

2. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece having a socket forreceiving a cigarette, an extinguishing member adapted to receive ashesfrom said cigarette of non-combustible material attached to saidmouthpiece extending outwardly therefrom and being U-shaped in crosssection, the sides of said extinguishing member being separated fromeach other by a distance less than that of the diameter of a cigaretteand having one end attached at the interior of the socket and alinedtherewith so that a cigarette having one end in the socket will contactthe upper edges of both of said sides to support said cigarette thereon,and a pin member attached to said extinguishing member between saidsides and extending angularly therefrom adapted to penetrate the wrapperof a said cigarette.

ELLIOTT T. BELMONT.

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